Yosemite: Traveling, $80 INTERAGENCY PASS for All National Parks Plus, Free Couchsurfing.Org

Traveling through Yosemite recently {scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/07/eared-grebe-yosemite-road-from-east.html}, I found that the INTERAGENCY PASS was available for sale at its gates - $80 for all national parks, federal lands, and more, for a year, - for 4 people in the car. I had heard about this a long time ago, I think, but picking one up at Yosemite's east gate was so convenient ... :) nps.gov/fees_passes.htm


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Here's a list of some places you can stay {just the U.S.'s incredible National Parks}:

National Parks of the U.S.

As of 2006, there are 58 officially-designated National Parks in the United States and its dependent areas.

Acadia National Park -Maine
National Park of American Samoa -American Samoa
Arches National Park -Utah
Badlands National Park -South Dakota
Big Bend National Park -Texas
Biscayne National Park -Florida
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park -Colorado
Bryce Canyon National Park -Utah
Canyonlands National Park -Utah
Capitol Reef National Park -Utah
Carlsbad Caverns National Park -New Mexico
Channel Islands National Park -California
Congaree National Park -South Carolina
Crater Lake National Park -Oregon
Cuyahoga Valley National Park -Ohio
Death Valley National Park -California, Nevada
Denali National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Dry Tortugas National Park -Florida
Everglades National Park -Florida
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Glacier National Park (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) -Montana
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Grand Canyon National Park -Arizona
Grand Teton National Park -Wyoming
Great Basin National Park -Nevada
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve -Colorado
Great Smoky Mountains National Park -North Carolina, Tennessee
Guadalupe Mountains National Park -Texas
Haleakala National Park -Hawaii
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park -Hawaii
Hot Springs National Park -Arkansas
Isle Royale National Park -Michigan
Joshua Tree National Park -California
Katmai National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Kenai Fjords National Park -Alaska
Kings Canyon National Park -California
Kobuk Valley National Park -Alaska
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Lassen Volcanic National Park -California
Mammoth Cave National Park -Kentucky
Mesa Verde National Park -Colorado
Mount Rainier National Park -Washington
North Cascades National Park -Washington
Olympic National Park -Washington
Petrified Forest National Park -Arizona
Redwood National and State Parks -California
Rocky Mountain National Park -Colorado
Saguaro National Park -Arizona
Sequoia National Park -California
Shenandoah National Park -Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt National Park -North Dakota
Virgin Islands National Park -U.S. Virgin Islands
Voyageurs National Park -Minnesota
Wind Cave National Park -South Dakota
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve -Alaska
Yellowstone National Park -Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Yosemite National Park -California
Zion National Park -Utah


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System


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And while not necessarily camping in the beautiful outdoors, I've heard great things about couchsurfing.org, where you can sleep on someone's couch for free by getting in contact with them through this web site.


scott-macleod.blogspot.com (July 21, 2009)


These are great opportunities ...


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